NEW  YORK  CITY  (Manhattan).  The  city  that  has  developed  at  the  entrance  o  the  Hudson,  or  North  River,  comprises  5  boroughs:  Manhattan,  Brooklyn, 
Bronx,  Queens  and  Richmond  Counties.  Consolidated  1898.  It  is  second  only  to  London.  Population  4,000,000;  area,  307K  square  miles;  greatest  length, 
35  miles;  greatest  width,  18%  miles.     Manhattan's  sky-line  at  the  beginning  of  the  Hudson  is  shown  above:   the  lower  view  being  from  the  Battery  to  Rector  Street. 


PEEKSKILL,  on  beautiful  Peekskill  Bay.  Military  Academy.  Beecher  s  summer-home.  Depews  birthplace.  National  Guard  Encampment  north. 
DUNDERBERG  (Thunder  Mountain),  Kidd's  Point.  Manito  Mountains  on  the  east.  The  Indians  thought  these  mountains  were  to  veil  the  Spirit 
Manito  from  mortals.      Bear  Hill  beyond.      Anthony's  Nose  opposite.      Up  the  "Horse  Race."      Southern  Gate  of  Highlands,  loved  by  poets  and  painters. 


CRESCENT  REACH.  Old  fishermen  divide  the  river  into  14  "reaches."  Sugar  Loaf,  right  centre;  at  its  foot  were  Arnold's  headquarters. 
WEST  POINT.  First  fort  built  in  1775.  America's  greatest  Military  Academy.  Advocated  by  Washington.  Organized  in  1802.  Has  graduated  many 
noted  officers.     52?  cadets,  mainly  chosen  by  Senators  and  Congressmen.     Over  160  buildings.      Glorious  site.     Interesting  exercises.     Superb  views. 


BATTLE  MONUMENT,  West  Point.  In  honor  of  Civil  War  heroes.  Sur- 
mounted by  Victory,  with  laurel-wreath  and  trumpet.  General  Cullum*s 
memorial  historical  museum  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  $250,000.    Is  interesting. 


TARRYTOWN  MONUMENT.  Commemorates  capture  of  Major  John 
Andre,  the  British  spy,  a  brave  soldier,  taken  at  Tarrytown,  in  1780. 
Sleepy  Hollow  Cemetery  here,  the  burial  place  of  Washington  Irving. 


NEVVBURGH,  59  miles  from  New  York.  View  from  Mount  Beacon.  Here  Washington  refused  to  be  made  king.  Newburgh-Fishkill  ferry  much  used  by 
Revolutionary  troops.  A  thrifty  city,  oldest  settlement  in  Orange  County.  State  museum.  Monument.  The  "Robert  Fulton"  building  here,  1908. 
MOUNT  BEACON,  whose  sign  al-fires  were  seen  even  in  New  Hampshire.        MOUNT  BEACON  INCLINE,  back  of  Fishkill.      Steepest  in  the  world. 


THE  CATSKILLS,  whose  fascinations  allure  summer  visitors.  Grand  scenery,  bracing  air.  athletic  pleasures,  palatial  hotels,  cottage  life.  Landings 
for  over  1,000  hotels  in  the  mountains.  Cover  2,400  square  miles.  Some  peaks  r,ooo  to  4,000  feet  high,  ten  miles  west  of  river.  Evidences  of  glacial  action. 
KINGSTON.    Pop.  25.000.  Park  and  picnic-grounds.  Ferry  to  Rhinecliff.       OTIS  RAILWAY.  Catskills.  To  Otis  Summit  (Old  M't'n  House),  2.200  ft.  high. 


POUGHKEEPSIE  BRIDGE,  finished  1899.  Highest  cantilever  bridge  in  the  world.  Track  212  feet  above  water.  2'2  miles  long.  Connects  coal  fields 
with  N.  E.  Cost  over  $5,000,000.  University  boat  races  here  every  year.  In  the  old  Court  House  the  Colony  of  New  York  consented  to  become  part  of  Am.  Rep. 
VASSAR  COLLEGE,  noted  women's  college,  near  Poughkeepsie.    Inc.1861.       OLD  SENATE  HOUSE,  Kingston.     Used  by  the  N.  Y.  Senate  up  to  1777. 


"HENDRICK  HUDSON."  Million-dollar  Da/ Line  boat,  between  New  York  and  Albany.  Finest,  costliest  river  steamboat.  Capacity  5,000.  Comfortably  seated.  400  ft.  long. 
"CHARLES  W.  MORSE."  Grandest  night  inland  steamer  afloat.  People  s  Line,  between  New  York  and  Albany.  Search-lights  reveal  beauties  of  scenery. 
There  are  various  regular  boat-lines  on  the  Hudson  River  between  local  points  and  making  many  railroad  connections  to  mountain,  lake  and    river  resorts. 


